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Palace
Dolls
Today,
there are all kinds of different cartoon dolls you'll find on the web.
Cartoon dolls were first made popular by the Palace chat program, where
people created and wore Avatars to represent themselves in the chat
rooms. Originally, people wore smilie face Avatars. Well, that quickly
grew boring so people began to get creative. According to many of the
doll artists who have been around for over 10 years, a doll artist named
'Innocents' created the first Palace cartoon doll Avatar. This type
of doll, modeled after Barbie is now known as the 'Palace Prep doll''.
Soon after, people began collecting and editing Innocent's Prep dolls,
and the dollworld went crazy with enthuziasm.
The Palace dolls are constantly evolving and changing. If you visit
some of the doll palaces, you'll notice that the 'Prep' doll Avatars
are not worn so much these days (but are still collected like crazy
for websites and signatures). You'll see a lot
of small dolls in the Palaces, probably for practical reasons
like the fact that they do not take up so much room on the screen.
The
first smaller dolls were 'Minis', much like the Preps, only lots smaller.
Wonderkins were also popular on Palace for a while (they look like little
kids....lots of sig-makers use these dolls for this purpose). 'Silents'
are tiny dolls that have remained popular for several years and are
still worn by many palace members.
It seems that different styles of dolls are popular at different Palaces.
At most palaces, you can find the dolls dressed in different styles
to represent different personalities.There are 'Preps', 'Ravers', 'Punks',
'Thugs', & 'Goth', to name a few. You can find the link to many
Palace Dollmakers on my Links page.
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~What is the Palace?~
The Palace is a virtual chat program where you get to wear your own props
(called 'Avatars') to represent yourself. They can be real photos of people...or
dolls (like on the site) or just about anything else that represents you.
The original Palace was called the Mansion. This Palace is up and running
still...and now there are thousands of other Palaces of various themes
and interest.
You have to have Palace software installed on your pc to be able to use
and collect member avatars. It's free and doesnt take up too much room.
To get started...click on link below:
The
Palace
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Original
Dolls
Now
there is a growing number of artists all over the web who create their
own original cartoon dolls. Some
dollmakers draw their own doll bodies, pixel by pixel. Other dollmakers
use images of human models to make their dolls.
You can see a sample of some
of my favorite original doll artists here on this site. Keep in mind
that the Original dolls are © to their creators and may not be
taken off a website and used for making signatures. Many Doll websites
will allow people to 'adopt' a doll from their site as long as the file
remains un-edited, they are given credit as the original artist, and
a link is posted to their website.
Signature
Dolls
Many
of the dolls you now see on the Signature forums and groups are not
Palace dolls. In Summer 2002, artists like Manda and Onyx and Dora became
bored with the small selection of the 10 or so Prep bodies which were
available on the Dollmaker sites. Being adventurous, they started making
their own doll bodies. That was the beginning of the doll evolution
at Delphi from simple Palace dolls, to the more lifelike dolls you now
see.
Many
Signature Doll Artists have doll bodies they are willing to share with
other Signature Artists or doll collectors. All they ask in return is
that you give them the proper thank-you credit and link to thier website
if you use their doll bodies for making signatures.
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